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HUGO SUTRO, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARDS FOR WRAPPING THREAD, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No, 130,672, dated August20, 1872.

Specification describinganew and Improved Device for HoldingBi-aided andother Threads, invented by HUGO SUTRO, of the city, county, and State ofNew York.

Figure 1 represents a face view of my im proved device for holdingthread, braid, &c. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. a

This invention relates to a new form for holding braided or otherthreads and consists in notching a card at the ends to produce visibleand accurate subdivisions of the skeins wound thereon. This is for thepurpose of keeping the skeins so fully separated that they cannot becomeentangled, and that they can, each skein containing a certain length ofthread, be cut apart with their sections of card,to furnish a desiredmeasure of thread or braid.

A in the drawing represents the card, around which the braided or plainthread, cord, or tape is wound lengthwise. The ends of this card arenotched, as at a a in Fig. 1, there being as many notches as there areto be skeins or separate subdivisions wound about the card. In thismanner the card is subdivided into a series of narrow sections, 1) b,all containing equal quantities of the fabric, the projecting prongs d dbetween the recesses at keeping the several skeins properly separated.The

card may be perforated lengthwise to allow convenient detachment of anyone or moreof the sections 1) with the cord on it, so that in retailtrade the skeins can be disposed of Sep arately without requiring theirunwinding and special measurement. The skeins on the card may be woundupon the sections b so as to constitute one continuous thread, cord, ortape, or they may be independent of each 0ther'i. e., separatepieces-oil the several sections I).

Thus put up on my pattern-card, the fabric, which may consist of woven,braided, or twisted cord, tape, ribbon, bra-id, or thread, cannot t2ngle nor soil, neither in the hands of the actual consumer, merchant, ormanufacturer.

Under the old-style of putting up such goods they were very apt tobecome entangled, and as they had to be separately measured in dealingout certain lengths, their delicate tints were often soiled, or theywere twisted out of shape.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- The device for holding thread, formed of a card, A,notched at the ends so as to be formed intosections b b, as set forth.

HUGO SUTRO.

Witnesses:

BAILY DioKERsoN, A. GoBLE.

